08-31-2023
| SGD/share | |
| Price | 0.97 |
| Dividend | 0.03 |
| Earnings | 0.06 |
| Cash-flow | 0.06 |
| Book value | 1.21 |
| Equity | 1.13 |
Ascott Residence Trust is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Ascott Residence Trust is a company from Singapore, and his stocks are publicly traded.
Ascott Residence Trust stock dividend
Ascott Residence Trust paid a total dividend of 104 million SGD last year, for a market value of 3,352 millions (Market Cap 2,069 millions). Ascott Residence Trust dividend per share is 0.03 SGD, and his stock market price 0.97 SGD.
According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ascott Residence Trust has a dividend yield of 3.58%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Singapore. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.
In addition, you should compare Ascott Residence Trust stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the high Singapore dividend stocks list.
Ascott Residence Trust Dividend Payout
About the ability of Ascott Residence Trust to maintain his current dividend of SGD 0.03 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.58%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ascott Residence Trust payout on ernings is currently 50.00%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Ascott Residence Trust can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.
The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Ascott Residence Trust is SGD 0.06 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SGD 0.03, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.
The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ascott Residence Trust, compared againt world market average, Singapore companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.
Ascott Residence Trust Dividend History
Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ascott Residence Trust's dividend stock, both in percentage and in SGD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).
| Year | Yield | SGD | Paypout | Shares* |
| Present | 3.58% | 0.03 | 50.00% | 3,456 |
| 2022 | 5.39% | 0.06 | 66.67% | 3,446 |
| 2021 | 0.53% | 0.01 | -14.29% | 3,277 |
| 2020 | 4.84% | 0.05 | 83.33% | 3,090 |
*In millions
Ascott Residence Trust Stock performance
Finally, last moth Ascott Residence Trust showed a return of -13.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -11.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Singapore and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.
